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Bills introduced in Congress aim to boost long-haul trucking’s use of natural gas
A trio of bills have been introduced in the House would require the DOT to designate natural gas corridors, create a task force to determine natural gas barriers and give natural gas trucks an exemption to weight limits.
January 30, 2014
Love’s breaks ground on Texas fast-fill CNG station
Love’s Travel Stops will introduce fast-fill compressed natural gas fueling capability for heavy-duty trucks at its travel stop located on Interstate 40 in east Amarillo, Texas. The Love’s Fast-Fill CNG station is expected to be open by the second quarter of 2014. “Our expansion signifies the natural progression of working with fleets interested in the […]
January 16, 2014
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Clean Energy opens three LNG fueling stations
As part of its America’s Natural Gas Highway initiative, Clean Energy announced the opening of two liquefied natural gas fueling stations in Pontoon Beach, Ill., and Fontana, Calif. The company also announced it has opened its first LNG fueling station in Jacksonville, Fla. The publicly available Jacksonville facility will be used by Raven Transport and […]
January 16, 2014
Business
Cummins confirms plans to halt development of 15-liter natural gas engine
Cummins follows Westport – at least temporarily – out of the marketplace in building 15-liter NatGas engines.
January 14, 2014
Business
Work Truck Show to host dedicated propane autogas test drives
Fleet professionals interested in transitioning to alternative fuels will have more opportunities to test drive cost-effective, low-emission vehicles at this year’s NTEA Green Truck Summit and Work Truck Show, March 4-7, in Indianapolis. The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) is sponsoring the show’s first dedicated propane autogas test drive event, the Propane Autogas Ride […]
January 9, 2014
Business
Natural gas and diesel dual-fuel engines: Do the numbers add up?
A road test and first-hand accounts of experience with natural gas retrofit fuel systems and glider kits reveal interesting possibilities for cost-minded truck fleets.
January 6, 2014
Business
Republic Services deploys 79 CNG trucks in Indianapolis
Republic Services announced it has replaced older diesel-powered trucks with  79 new compressed natural gas solid waste and recycling trucks serving Indianapolis and surrounding areas. “With these new trucks, we are reducing ozone-forming emissions to levels equal to removing 395 automobiles off local roads this year, and in the next year 70 percent of our […]
January 2, 2014
Business
Dual-fuel test drive: A new way into the natural gas game?
A road test and first-hand accounts of experience with natural gas retrofit fuel systems and glider kits reveal interesting possibilities for cost-minded truck fleets.
January 2, 2014
CCJ Innovators
CCJ Innovator: M&M Cartage
In 1972, Don Hayden began working at M&M Cartage under his father’s tutelage. Hayden always enjoyed working for his dad and being around trucks. Diesel must have been in his blood, he says. In the late 1990s, Hayden was the one making the decisions and on his way to becoming chief executive officer of the Louisville, Ky.-based […]
December 21, 2013
Business
Volvo delivers natural gas trucks to SUPERVALU
Volvo Trucks in North America began delivery of 35 compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered Volvo VNL tractors to SUPERVALU, INC., one of the largest grocery wholesalers and retailers in the U.S. The CNG-powered Volvo daycabs will operate out of the company’s Mechanicsville, Va. distribution center. “We’re pleased to partner with SUPERVALU to deliver the latest in […]
December 10, 2013
Business
Is a glider kit the way to start using natural gas?
CCJ Equipment Editor Jack Roberts poses the question: With lower acquisition costs and some other perceived benefits, could nat gas glider kits help fleets make a transition away from diesel and toward alt fuel?
December 9, 2013
Business
Clean Energy, UPS sign multi-year LNG fuel agreement
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. and UPS announced a multi-year bulk fueling agreement to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to two private UPS stations located in Mesquite and Houston, Texas. Under a separate agreement with UPS, Clean Energy will open three of its America’s Natural Gas Highway stations located in Amarillo, Mesquite and San Antonio, Texas, to support UPS’ over-the-road […]
November 21, 2013
Business
Natural gas bluegrass: M&M Cartage plans to be the greenest carrier in Kentucky
In 1972, Don Hayden started working for the family business, M&M Cartage. The two things he enjoyed most in life were the two things he got paid to do: work for his dad and be around trucks. “I must have had diesel fuel in my blood,” he says. By the late 1990s he was making […]
November 19, 2013
Business
Video log: Fueling, driving natural gas glider kit
CCJ Equipment Editor Jack Roberts is on hand in Utah at a press event for Smith Power Products natural gas glider kits. Here are a few videos he’s shot and uploaded so far from his trip,
November 8, 2013
Business
Westport to halt 15-L natural gas engine orders
Westport announced it is halting orders for its 15-liter natural gas engine beginning on November 15. Click here to read Hardworking Trucks’s story on Westport’s decision and its plans for a new HPDI product in the future.
October 31, 2013
Business
M&M Cartage to invest $7.5 million in green initiative, CNG fleet
M&M Cartage plans to invest $7.5 million in building materials and capital equipment, allowing for the construction of a new Kentucky headquarters with green efficiencies to go along with the addition of new trucks powered by compressed natural gas. The Commonwealth of Kentucky awarded M&M Cartage $800,000 in economic incentives to spur the investment. “Not […]
October 31, 2013
Business
Clean Energy planning LNG terminal in Florida
Clean Energy Fuels announced plans to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on recently purchased land in Jacksonville, Fla. When completed, it would be the first LNG facility on the Eastern seaboard to specifically supply LNG for the maritime, heavy-duty trucking and rail industries. The planned facility is the first project to be developed by Eagle LNG Partners, the […]
October 30, 2013
Business
Blu. selects Ryder natural gas vehicles
Ryder System announced today that Blu., an operator of liquefied natural gas (LNG) refueling stations and provider of LNG technology solutions, has selected Ryder to provide LNG vehicles for Blu. fleets in Utah and Georgia. This represents the first time Ryder has partnered with a fuel station operator to launch a natural gas vehicle offering. “This […]
October 29, 2013
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